Despite problems by building activities at Central Station and a strike by employees of the public transport system the participation in the tournament was about the same as last year. After exciting battles FIDE master Jasper Broekmeulen (HMC Calder, 2379) was most succesful. For the longest time he kept trailing behind the leaders in the ranking, but after the 5th round he joined the top. In the last round he pinched the game after strong play against Sten Goes (De Zwarte Olifant, 2180). Rumour has it that he had studied the opening variation before and found an improvement. In the end he had to share the price money with Jerrel Thakoerdien (De Eenhoorn, 2088), who beat Melchior Vesters (SHTV, 2052), but resistance points decided in his favour. Jasper became tournament winner with a score of 5 out of 6.
In group B Marco Braam (Arnhem, 1733) played a solid tournament, ending in victory. After 5 rounds he lead with half a point ahead of a large group of players, but none of them got a chance. One of them, Jan Verheijen (SHTV, 1640), played very well, but in the last round he was completely run over by the winner who scored 5,5 out of 6.